Post you're sweet computer specs, make everyone jealous on how much better your computer is. Feel free to ask questions on your custom builds, us super geeks are here to help (and make fun of you, but just a bit)!

Planned Upgrades: Need to get a new motherboard sometime this week. I also need to get a new power supply soon since this one's cables are too fat and take up too much space. Possibly some RAM depending on what motherboard I buy. I might also get a second monitor.

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Pentium 4.On board sound whatever. Ages old ATI card that gets unplugged sometimes. Not enough ram to shake a stick at.Cooled by the onboard fan and my waving hand. A rollerball mouseKeyboard that has keys that stick power comes from hamster wheels

Did I mention that mine is dead silent? Yes, has a massive heat-pipe heatsink with an even larger fan. Even when under stress, the heatsink remains only warm to the touch, while the fan spins so slow its hardly audiable.(as i recall) I plan on upgrading the RAM to 6GB, upgrading the processor to a core 2 duo or quad, the HDD to 1TB and installing windows 7 x64.

As an aside, my case came with 5 fans built in, and it all runs really quiet which I find surprising. I plan to eventually buy two 2 TB hard drives to add to the space I have now. I also want to get a Lite-On Blu-ray optical drive.

Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:21 am

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Re: Computer Specs and Builds

Kyderra Wrote:

Foxconn Motherboard

I am so going to get one of those.

But, I don't know my current specs.

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In October of 2010, I got a new laptop. It's an HP Pavilion dv6t series.6 GB of of DDR3 RAMi5 Intel core (the first generation, I bought it when the i cores were almost brand new)7500 RPM640 GB of HDDWindows 7~2.7 GHz processor with overclocking abilitiesIntegrated graphics card NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-Integrated webcam with mic15.6" screen

My laptop also have one of those bogus fingerprint readers integrated into it. It definitely works, but it's not at all difficult to hack into this piece of software that is basically a database of all your passwords. Soooo... I don't use it.

Esquire, I'd like to hear about the building experience some time. You know what kind of computer courses that are available to me in high school, verses how many actually teach something that is a bit too difficult to figure out independently (the two programming courses).

I have more general knowledge about computers than the average user, but it's not extensive, simply because I've never had the opportunity open to me to really go in-depth with the learning process. If you would ever like to give me a Computer Hardware and Software 101 lesson so I won't be thrown to the wolves next year, I would really, really appreciate it. Obviously if I chose computer engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science as a triple major in 4.5 years (it's possible and not difficult at State!), I have to have some desire to learn the material.

Aaaand my rig and the sound rig are protected by two APC SmartUPS 3000 units.

Also working on a backup rig, but I ran out of useful power supplies (some of them still have AT style mainboard power plugs!). The test bench is also sorta another computer but never the same thing long enough to bother posting stats (usually single or dual core units with under 4GB mem).

My laptop automatically overclocked one time, I think about one or two months into ownership. I believe I was synchronizing my iPod to my new computer (yeah, that's only a 6,000 song collection with about four movies and 3,000 photos) while installing some newer programs in the background and indexing my hard drive. Or something like that. I remember my computer pinged and the screen brightness turned all the way up. That was interesting to watch in Task Manager.

Well it's not exactly a space ship but it does what I need it to do, plus its not bad for playing PC games either! -This list is subject to change since I've probably not listed everything or gotten every specification exact.-

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Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:44 pm

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Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1641Location: North Carolina

Re: Computer Specs and Builds

Duster Wrote:

This list is subject to change since I've probably not listed everything or gotten every specification exact.-

If you hit the "Windows" key and the "r" key at the same time, it will bring up the Run command. Type "dxdiag" (without quotations, obviously) in the Run command and hit Enter. Let it check your digitally signed drivers, and it will give you some information about your system.You probably already knew that though, unless you did a darn good job at memorizing your processor information. X.X

I'm mainly worried about the graphics card. I'm worried it won't perform as well as notebookcheck says it will. I'd like to play Skyrim, Dishonored, LA Noire, Fallout: New Vegas, GTA 4, Antichamber, Portal 1 & 2, Half Life, Bioshock Infinite, and some old-school emulators as well. Also I want to play whatever new PC games that come out within the next 3-4 years. What do you guys think? This laptop certainly exceeds my college of engineering requirements.

What do you guys think? Any concerns to voice before I shell out $864 with my student discount?

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Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:49 pm

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Re: Computer Specs and Builds

If you're wanting to play games on Pc, then it's Desktop time. If you want a really good Laptop for gaming, plan on spending $1,500 bucks. You can make a good budget gaming desktop for only around $500-600 bucks.

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Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:12 am

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Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pmPosts: 1641Location: North Carolina

Re: Computer Specs and Builds

Tatsuo Wrote:

If you're wanting to play games on Pc, then it's Desktop time. If you want a really good Laptop for gaming, plan on spending $1,500 bucks. You can make a good budget gaming desktop for only around $500-600 bucks.

I'm able to play Portal 2 on high, Eve online(when I was playing it), Civilization 5 on high, Amnesia on Medium. All I plan to do with this Pc is get a bigger power source and better graphics card.

I'm also playing all of this on a 46in Led Samsung tv. I love Pc =)

That didn't answer my question at all, but thanks anyway. I'm a college student, and I need a laptop. Half of the people I talk to say that you need to empty your bank account to get a gaming laptop, while the other half agree that you don't need 16 GB of RAM to play a game. This laptop has better specs than my boyfriend's PC, and he can run most of the games I just mentioned on high or ultra.

So again, how's the laptop that I picked out, guys?

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Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:03 am

Tatsuo

Joined: Sat May 18, 2013 3:38 amPosts: 401Images: 0

Re: Computer Specs and Builds

Beagle Wrote:

Tatsuo Wrote:

If you're wanting to play games on Pc, then it's Desktop time. If you want a really good Laptop for gaming, plan on spending $1,500 bucks. You can make a good budget gaming desktop for only around $500-600 bucks.

I'm able to play Portal 2 on high, Eve online(when I was playing it), Civilization 5 on high, Amnesia on Medium. All I plan to do with this Pc is get a bigger power source and better graphics card.

I'm also playing all of this on a 46in Led Samsung tv. I love Pc =)

That didn't answer my question at all, but thanks anyway. I'm a college student, and I need a laptop. Half of the people I talk to say that you need to empty your bank account to get a gaming laptop, while the other half agree that you don't need 16 GB of RAM to play a game. This laptop has better specs than my boyfriend's PC, and he can run most of the games I just mentioned on high or ultra.

So again, how's the laptop that I picked out, guys?

Sorry about that. Basically I was just saying you're better off with a desktop.

As for the Laptop you picked out, it looks good there's no doubt about that. Those 8GB of ram will come in handy. I was told it takes 4GB to run skyrim, so if that help you any. The Graphics card being integrated will slow down some of the games you want to play. Of course depending on what resolution you play at will have a big factor seeing how your screen goes up to 1920x1080. You should be fine with that processor, but this is coming from a radeon guy.

Dang! And I thought my Pc being compatible up to 32Gb was a lot. You defiantly know how to make a Pc sir. I myself am still very newbish. Kinda the reason I went out and just got a stock Pc to start out with and build later.

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